U.S. Forces Are Leaving a Toxic Environmental Legacy in Afghanistan
Legal and practical obstacles make it difficult to clean the burn pits and health-damaging chemicals that remain at military bases -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID, Quickly, Episode 13: Vaccine Approval, Breakthrough Infections, Boosters
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
YouTube’s Plan to Showcase Credible Health Information Is Flawed, Experts Warn
Search results may include a special section with videos from sources that are deemed reliable -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How COVID, Inequality and Politics Make a Vicious Syndemic
Overlapping diseases and social conditions in the U.S. continue to dictate who is hurt most badly by the novel coronavirus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Unraveling the Mystery of Why Children Are Better Protected from COVID Than Adults
Their immune system is more primed to fight off the novel coronavirus -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID Vaccines Show No Signs of Harming Fertility or Sexual Function
The novel coronavirus, in contrast, can disrupt both things in unvaccinated men and women -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Natural Mosquito Repellent’s Powers Finally Decoded
Here’s how a flower extract keeps off mosquitoes -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
England’s Rush to Reopen Is a Cautionary Tale for the U.S.
Stripping back nearly all public health restrictions comes as the virus still poses a threat -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Vaccine Mandates Are Lawful, Effective and Based on Rock-Solid Science
Clear legal pathways exist to move the U.S. closer to herd immunity -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Governor Makes Personal Plea to Reluctant Arkansans to Get Vaccinated
The Republican went to Blytheville, Texarkana and other municipalities in the state to allay people’s fears -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
‘Breakthrough’ Infections Do Not Mean COVID Vaccines Are Failing
Getting flu again postinoculation is more common than a return case after a COVID shot -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
How a Remote Indigenous Community Fought the Pandemic
Thanks to a response based on local culture and values, India’s Nicobar islanders haven’t had a single infection during the nation’s horrific second wave -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
COVID, Quickly, Episode 12: Masking Up Again and Why People Refuse Shots
Today we bring you a new episode in our podcast series COVID, Quickly. Every two weeks, Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman catch you up on the... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Why Do Variants Such as Delta Become Dominant?
Mutations that make a virus more transmissible are only part of the equation -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
The Crucial Vaccine Benefit We’re Not Talking about Enough
They not only prevent people from getting sick; they also cut down on transmission by those who get infected after immunization -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Fauci on COVID Drugs, Vaccines and Getting Back to Normal
The U.S.’s top infectious disease specialist describes a new Biden administration program to develop and test antivirals—and what he’s most worried about as the nation reopens -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com